Comments posted by ripit from United States, December 07, 2004:
I have used hundreds of imation (ricohjpnr01) disks and they are the best. Kprobe scans are always good at 4x, 6x, 8x (most of my burning is at 6x as it seems slightlly beter than the other speeds). The imations are too expensive (and getting harder to find). I bought 6 15 packs and 1 50 pack of the maxell. All are the same ricohjpnr01 as the imation. I have burned a few out of each pack and scanned with kprobe (to make sure) and these are the same great ricohjpnr01 that I am used to. They burn great at 8x on my mad dog 16x burner (rebadged nec3500) with factory installed firmware (2.f6). Has burned great on several firmwares on my liteon (all speed hacked). I am currently using vsob (851s@832s).
Works on two koss players and one apex
(fyi I always bitset)

Comments posted by Martin from United States, September 16, 2004:
It's a 4X media but I can use Mad Dog 8X +/- burner (NEC nd-2500a) to burn DVD at 8X full speed without any issues :) It's be best DVD+R media you can get!

Comments posted by Lam from Canada, June 29, 2004:
Media works great at 4x speed. Burnt 30 pieces without any failure, and can played back on standalone DVD players without any picture freezes or pauses.

Comments posted by dfisher from United States, June 20, 2004:
The only way these will work, burning with my Lite-On 451s & played in my CyberHome 300 is if I burn at 2.4x. They will burn up to 4x but then I have nothing but skips & freezes throughout. I also burn using booktype DVD-ROM. These are Ricoh. My TDK Ricoh's did not have this problem. Very disappointing. I thought getting Maxell's would be the best I could get.

Comments posted by Joseph from United States, April 30, 2004:
Bought this from J&R and works great on my Pioneer 107D with v1.13 (hacked) firmware. Media burns at 8x, good quality burns with Nero 6.3.1.6 using DVD-Video Mode. Compatible with all my stand alone players (Sony DVP-NS315P, Panasonic RP-91, Toshiba SD2500 and also my portable Toshiba SD-P2500)

Comments posted by Chris from Canada, April 05, 2004:
Worked flawlessly on my Pioneer 4X DVR-106D AND These DVDr's played in every single DVD player in my house! And at only $14.99CAN for a 10 pack makes it a GREAT DEAL!!

Comments posted by M Laudel from United States, January 27, 2004:
Played about half the time on APEX AD-2600, but I completely blame this on the inexpensive player. The same backed up movies played on the three other players I tried. Plus I was burning at 8x speed when it's only rated for 4x. Note that the JVC XV-N40BK, which is quite affordable, does play DVD+R's burnt the way I described though the manual and box don't advertise +R compatability. I also believe that instead of blaming any media for problems, always check the burning program, the burner, or the player first. An HP burner will play DVD+R on a Panasonic RP62 because it burns it as a DVD-ROM, but if a Plextor is used the Panasonic won't accept it.

Additional information:

Price: $1.7 Purchased from: Office Depot Date purchased: January 2004 Burnt with Plextor PX-708A at 8x Burning reliability is Good. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Good. Media color is Blue. Media text is Maxell DVD+R 4.7GB. Authoring/Burning comments:DVD Decrypter to rip, IfoEdit, IMGTool, then burnt as iso images on DVD Decrypter. All free and the best I've used so far. Works fine on Panasonic DVD-RP62Does not work on Panasonic DVD-RP62

Comments posted by Daniel Humbert from Other, January 10, 2004:
I bought a 10 pack from Wal-Mart, has used 7 of them so far without the first "coaster" or any problems at all

Additional information:

Price: $1.9 Purchased from: Wal-Mart Date purchased: January 2004 Burnt with OptoRite DD0201/DD0203 at 4x using firmware 2.30. Burning reliability is Good. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Good. Media color is Purple. Media text is Maxell DVD+R 4.7 GB 2 hrs SP Mode also has the RW symbol on the disk, but these are just Rs. Authoring/Burning comments:DVD X Copy Platinum Does not work on Oritron DVD100

Comments posted by jpelton from Other, January 03, 2004:
Got these at Walmart for $20 for a 10 pack. I can't get them to work using Nero 6.3.0.2 on a Plextor 504A (I had the ame problem with the Maxell DVD+RW).

Comments posted by Ken from Other, December 11, 2003:
Was able to burn disk using 8X speed. Almost perfect. A couple of disks had two 5 - 7 second gibles. But disk burned under 8 minutes. For perfect movies, I am back to 4X speed.

Comments posted by David Hsieh from Other, December 11, 2003:
As I expected...
Bought these from Futureshop.ca as they are having a sales on it right now for a 5 pack.
comes down to $15 CAD after tax and free shipping.

And of course it being a richojpnr01 means that I am burning it with 8x in my Plextor PX-708A firmware 1.03.

Comments posted by Joe Briggs from Other, July 27, 2003:
This media is good ... but it will not play in APEX 1100 series dvd players, but it will play in other APEX dvd players. (APEX1000) Go figure!!!

Comments posted by Bob from Other, July 08, 2003:
Just purchased this media today. Have been having problems burning ACCU 4x in my Sony DRU-500A. The ACCU would not burn at 4x most of the time. The Maxell (RICOHJPNR01) all burned at 4x with no problems. The only problem is they will play in my Apex 660 but not in my Apex AD1200.

Comments posted by jsl from Other, June 19, 2003:
I expected Maxell's 4x DVD+R media to be made by Maxell as "MAXELL 001" is in Philips' list of certified 4x media but the ones I've got are "RICOHJPNR01" media.

Anyway I've had no problems with them. A full 4.37 GB DVD is burned in about 14:20 on my NEC ND-1100A and read back on my Lite-On DVD-ROM in < 5 min (average speed just over 12x).